Monday Night Fútbol Leads to Bible Study – Every Monday, the guys on the team play soccer with a group of our new Peruvian friends. A couple weeks ago, I forgot to remove my Bible from my car before heading out to play soccer. While we were in route, Heli, a guy who plays soccer with us, picked my Bible up and tried to hand it to me. Just joking around, I said, “Well, aren’t you going to read it?” At the time, he knew I was joking and we had a good laugh. The next day, he came up to me and said, “When are we going to read the Bible together?” So for the past couple of weeks we meet every Tuesday and read the Bible together. Justin is now joining, us and our plan is to begin inviting some of the other soccer players and make our Tuesday time a group Bible study.
Heli and JM drinking some hot chocolate after reading the Bible together
Team Lima Transitioning to Worshiping in Spanish – Little by little we are moving from worshiping together in English to Spanish. We meet each week for about 2 hours just to practice singing and praying in Spanish. Our goal is to memorize the songs in Spanish, so that when we begin to worship with Peruvians we will not need to look at the paper. Right now, we have about 3 or 4 songs down, but we are going to need much more. Please pray for that process.
Practicing Singing Together
Team Lima In Process of Determining Start Date For Inviting Peruvian Friends to Services – We are in the process of developing some short and long term goals for the work here in Lima. We have been here long enough to gauge the culture, the needs, and the religious atmosphere and we are at an exciting place of setting a start-date for worshiping with Peruvians, developing a structure for weekly gatherings, and determining when and where would be the best place to meet. We are soaking all of these decisions in prayer, and would be honored if you would join with us in that effort.
Fletcher Family Purchased Their Tickets! - The Fletcher family has purchased their tickets to Lima!! We are so excited as a team, because they are the final family unit and their arrival will complete our team’s presence in Lima. They plan on flying into Lima on November 10th. Their baby boy, Liam, is doing well, and Stephanie is recovering from her C-Section last Monday. Please pray for their time of preparation as their departure date approaches.
Beginning to Plan and Prepare for Short-Term Groups This Summer – The team is already excited and our anticipating short-term mission groups coming to Lima this summer. Mark and Justin and right now scouting a place in Lima where good work can be done, and Wes and I are gathering information (like hotel costs, van rentals, food, etc) to get an estimate on a cost for the trip. Lee will be a tremendous assest when he arrives, as he has lots of experience planning and participating in short-term campaigns. Right now, we are thinking that a medical/dental campaign will combine with a service oriented campaign to serve as outreach in a poor area of Lima.
Contacts are continuing to be made – God continues to bring people our way, and each day our team walks away with new friends. Please pray for the contacts that have been made, for the conversations that have begun, and for the ones that have yet to happen.
The Group for Monday Night Fútbol
